Wilhelm Philippe Schimper was an Alsatian botanist with French, later German citizenship. He was born in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, but spent his youth in Offwiller, a village at the foot of the Vosges mountain range in Alsace. Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1808, France
Died: March 20, 1880 (age 72 years), Strasbourg, France
Children: Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper